Self-disciplined Liu Meiyu, wearing that white sweater, went to the playground and saw it was packed with people. In addition to the wives of soldiers, there were more relatives who came to help take care of the elderly and take care of the children. Adults and children were piled up in piles, and there was no sign of the Long March participants at all.
"Sister!" Liu Bowen and Song Jinbao were playing with stones under a big tree. When they saw his sister coming, their eyes lit up and they rushed over, sweating profusely, saying, "Brother-in-law is saving a seat for you in the front. He was afraid that you couldn't find anyone, so he asked me to wait here and take you over!"
Liu Bowen had never seen the movie, so he was particularly excited today. His shout made everyone around him look over.
When he saw the beautiful Liu Meiyu, he was stunned for a moment.
"How come Captain Lu is still so thin after giving birth to three children?"
"My skin seems to be whiter now. Oh my goodness, how did she do that?"
"Look at her figure. That white sweater looks so good on her. It's so soft..."
There was a wave of envy in the crowd. Why were all the good things sent to the home of the battalion commander?
Zhao Lanlan, who was drowning in the envy, became especially angry when she saw the thinner Liu Meiyu wearing the white sweater again.
Especially since she was holding a seat for someone to watch a movie, but after waiting for half a day, the person who should have come didn't show up, while the person who shouldn't have come was jumping around arrogantly. Zhao Lanlan felt like her chest was on fire.
But the nosy woman behind her was so tactless as to talk to her and kindly reminded her, "Comrade Zhao, your position is occupied by Deputy Head Deng, right? I think he is going to the city to handle some business today, so he probably won't be back in time, right?"
Zhao Lanlan glared at the woman fiercely, and without standing up to look around, she sat down on the bench, took out the melon seeds and peanuts from her pocket, and said unhappily, "It's not okay to give them to my aunt! What's the problem with you?"
"I'm just asking you casually..." The woman got into trouble for no reason. Seeing that Zhao Lanlan was also angry, she pouted and turned to her sister-in-law who was watching the excitement and said deliberately: "Everyone knows that Zhao Chunmei's family has several children who are too busy to leave. How can they have the time to come and watch a movie? You are so stubborn and still chase after men. You are so old and you don't know how to be ashamed..."
"What are you talking about! What the hell is my business to you? You are so nosy!"
Zhao Lanlan was deaf and was already feeling angry. The woman gossiped about her behind her back in front of her, and she got mad. She kicked the bench away and pushed the woman in anger.
"Comrade Zhao, what's wrong with you? How did you do that?" the people around him urged.
Who knew that the woman who was pushed was not a soft-hearted person. She raised her hand and slapped Zhao Lanlan in the face: "Why, you dare to do it and don't let others say it? What did I say wrong? Aren't you shameless? You are chasing after Deputy Commander Deng. Don't you see what kind of character you have? If it weren't for your aunt and uncle protecting you on the island, who would be willing to talk to you? You act like someone owes you money all day long. I have to look at your face when I buy something. Why, I owe you!"
The woman probably just didn't like Zhao Lanlan and was feeling resentful. She went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some soy sauce and asked a few more questions, but the man gave her the cold shoulder, making it seem like the supply and marketing cooperative was her own!
"You! You're talking nonsense!" Zhao Lanlan had never been spoken to like this in her life. Her face turned red with anger and she looked like she wanted to eat the woman alive. She even wanted to tear the woman's mouth apart.
"I'm talking nonsense. Then don't do it in front of others! Everyone knows that you are too picky! You even wanted to marry the captain of the army battalion! You deserve to fail. With someone like you, the captain of the army battalion will probably never get married and will never look down on you!"
Every word the woman said was so heartbreaking that Zhao Lanlan completely lost her mind. She ignored anyone who tried to stop her and grabbed the woman's clothes, pulling and squeezing her.
The two men were fighting with equal strength, and the surroundings were crowded and chaotic. After a long time of wasting energy, several sisters-in-law finally pulled the men apart.
The fight scene was much more exciting than the movie before it started. Many people gathered around to watch the excitement, and it was quite noisy for a while.
Liu Meiyun had already been brought to the front row by her brother Bowen next to Lu Changzheng. Before the movie started, Lu Changzheng took out pumpkin seeds and peanuts that he had prepared from his pocket.
Liu Bowen grabbed two handfuls without hesitation and stuffed both pockets full. Then, after telling his sister, he ran off to play with Song Jinbao.
He didn't know when the movie would start, so he had to wait here for a long time like his brother-in-law, and he couldn't sit still anymore.
"What's going on back there?" Not long after I sat down, I heard a commotion back there, and people were crowding together.
"Nothing will happen, right?" Liu Meiyu stretched her neck to look, but saw only a crowd of people.
"Someone must have started a quarrel." The sister-in-law sitting next to them took a look and said with experience: "It happens every year. When there are too many people, there will be no peace."
"The movie is about to start." Lu Changzheng was not very interested in the commotion behind him. There were still people on duty around. In just a short while, he had already peeled a lot of peanuts for his wife and put them diligently into her hands.
"Battalion Commander Lu, you are truly a model husband!" The sister-in-law next to him couldn't help but tease him when she saw how much Lu Changzheng loved his wife.
Lu Changzheng's reputation as a good husband is almost spreading throughout the island.
I heard that he even washes his wife's feet at home, and he even goes into the kitchen to cook when Meiyun is pregnant. Oh my God, I can't even imagine what kind of life Liu Meiyun lives at home. How could she train her man so well!
As for their family, they are the ones who won’t even help if the oil bottle falls over at home!
"Sister-in-law, please forgive me." Lu Changzheng's face turned red.
Fortunately, the movie was about to start, and the projectionist was yelling at everyone to be quiet and maintain discipline. After waiting for about thirty minutes, I finally saw people moving on the canvas.
This was also the first time for Liu Meiyun to watch a movie from the 1970s, and she just watched it for the novelty and nostalgia. The playground was noisy, with a child crying and someone else scolding their child. The noise completely drowned out the sound of people speaking their lines.
She was only halfway through watching the show when she became impatient and couldn't sit still anymore. She looked at the people around her and saw that most of them were staring at the screen, eating melon seeds and chatting. On the contrary, many of the noisy children who were usually very noisy ran to Liu Meiyu and the others and sat on the ground, tilting their heads back and watching with great interest.
After the movie finally ended, Liu Meiyu had only one thought in her mind: this open-air movie was something she could only experience for the sake of novelty, and she would never come again next time.
"Next time I'll take you to the cinema in the city. The effect there is better." Lu Changzheng didn't watch anything. Liu Meiyun thought it was too noisy and didn't want to watch. He was busy peeling sunflower seeds and peanuts for people to eat. There was a teacup at his feet, so he could drink from it when he was thirsty. Anyway, he was busy all the time.
"Let's talk about it later." Liu Meiyu held the teacup, Lu Changzheng held the long bench with one hand, freeing one hand to protect his wife, and they moved slowly forward in the crowded crowd.
There is a large playground in the military area on the island. Usually, most of the children play here. For safety reasons, a fence was installed with two doors at the front and back. There were so many people watching the movie that one of the doors was blocked for the projection team to use. So when the movie was over, everyone was blocked at the exit.
As she was moving, Liu Meiyu was patted on the shoulder from behind.
"Meiyun, are you and Captain Lu coming to watch a movie too?"
Liu Meiyu looked back and saw that it was Bai Ting and her husband Sun Aiguo.
What a coincidence, Bai Ting also wore that light blue sweater today.
"Yeah, isn't this just to join in the fun?" Liu Meiyu wanted to say a few perfunctory words and leave, but the people in front of her didn't move for a long time and just stood there.
Bai Ting looked surprised. "You have three babies to feed. I thought you were too busy to take care of them at home."
Liu Meiyun: "There are people at home, and there is enough milk powder, so I can still go away for a while."
"You're fine then." Bai Ting ruffled her hair and sighed, "Unlike me, I'm busy all day long. Isn't the school about to start? I'm too busy, so I'm asked to go to work early to help organize documents. I'm in the office every day. Now I don't even have time to cook. My son Aiguo has to go to the cafeteria to eat."
"That's quite busy." Liu Meiyu was not very curious about Bai Ting's career.
Sun Aiguo and Lu Changzheng also started chatting nearby, all about training. Liu Meiyu didn't say much, but waited patiently by the side. When the team in front moved forward a little, she gently tugged at the man's sleeve twice to remind him.
To Bai Ting, her considerate look meant that an obedient young wife had to coax her husband and the whole family to show her own value.
Bai Ting looked down upon such women the most, and she also felt contempt for what the people on the island said about how Captain Lu doted on his wife.
You see, a marriage maintained by a woman's looks will only last a few years.
When you are old and ugly, you will still quarrel every other day and be abandoned by others.
Unlike her, she has a career outside and is in charge of all the finances at home. Sun Aiguo's monthly allowance has to be sent back to his hometown, and she has the final say on how much to send.
"By the way, I heard that you want to send your brother to our school when school starts?" Bai Ting spoke again after the team had walked a distance.
Cyndi Lau: "Yes, he just happened to be of the right age."
"I noticed that the child didn't talk much before and he would hide from everyone. Now you're sending him to school, will he be able to accept it?"
Bai Ting acted like a good sister and was worried about Liu Meiyu. Liu Meiyu was already tired of dealing with it. She happened to see Song Jinbao and Liu Bowen circling under a big tree, so she shouted at the top of her voice.
"Liu Bowen, go home!"
When Liu Bowen heard his sister's voice, he waved goodbye to his friend, generously gave his friend some of the uneaten melon seeds and peanuts in his pocket, and then ran towards Liu Meiyu.
The boy was sweating profusely from playing, but the smile on his face had not yet completely disappeared. Liu Meiyun wiped his sweat with a handkerchief. The boy opened his eyes and saw Bai Ting. He remembered that everyone on the island called her Teacher Bai, so he nodded obediently and said in a clear and loud voice: "Teacher Bai!"
After wiping the sweat off the kid's forehead, Liu Meiyun said to Bai Ting, "Thank you, Teacher Bai, for your concern. My son Bowen has prepared his schoolbag and can't wait to go to school."
As for Bowen's love of learning, his elder sister Liu Meiyu is proud of it wherever she goes.
Ever since the little guy knew that the school on the island had been built and that he would be able to go to school with Song Jinbao soon, he had already found his military bag and pestered Mother Wu to sew him a "little military cap" like the other children on the island had.
Lu Changzheng also went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy notebooks and pencils, put them in his schoolbag, and placed them on the kang in his room.
"This blog post has changed a lot, it's now so polite." Bai Ting smiled awkwardly.
I don't want to admit it, but Liu Meiyu has taught this little brother to be quite well behaved. It hasn't been long since he came to the island, but his temperament has changed so much. Besides, there are not many children on the island who will take the initiative to call out to adults when they see them.
"Taking care of a child only takes some time and patience. Who told me to be idle? I don't have a proper job. I rely on Changzheng's allowance to support the whole family. So I have to take good care of my husband and teach my child well at home." Seeing that the team in front finally loosened up, Liu Meiyu pulled Lu Changzheng's sleeve and smiled at Bai Ting, "Ah, we can finally go. Teacher Bai won't talk nonsense with you anymore. You are so busy, hurry home. I have to go home to feed the child!"
Bai Ting: “…”
I don’t know if it’s my illusion, but Bai Ting always feels that there’s something wrong with what Liu Meiyu said.
When they finally left the main group and walked to the path back home, Lu Changzheng, carrying his brother-in-law who had fallen asleep after playing crazy, talked to Liu Meiyun in the moonlight, "Don't you like that teacher Bai?"
Liu Meiyun walked beside him, tapping away at a straw stick in her hand, and asked, "Do you like it?"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Lu Changzheng frowned, looking serious.
After all, he is an old man who can't stand a few jokes. Liu Meiyu curled her lips and said, "It's just a joke. She is not popular. Why should I like her?"
Lu Changzheng asked casually because he saw that Liu Meiyu and Bai Ting looked impatient when they were talking just now.
He was really not familiar with Bai Ting, and he only interacted more with the Second Battalion Commander Sun Aiguo at work. Battalion Commander Sun was a few years older than him, and they got married one after the other. Seeing that he was already the father of three children, he would occasionally say a few words of envy to her during their casual chats.
"Who do you like on the island?"
Lu Changzheng simply wanted to cherish his world of two and talk more with Liu Meiyu, and he didn't care whether Bai Ting was popular or not.
And if you think about it carefully, Liu Meiyun has been on the island for such a long time, but she is only close to Mrs. Wu, and it seems that she doesn't have many sisters and friends to play with.
Let’s not even mention Zhao Lanlan from the supply and marketing cooperative. She’s always jumping around in front of his wife, but she always makes people dislike her.
"Who do you think I like?" Liu Meiyu smiled and walked in front of the man with her back turned.
Looking at the handsome silhouette of the man in the moonlight, she smiled softly.
Lu Changzheng's heart was dirty and itchy, and his ears instantly turned red. He pursed his lips tightly and said nothing, then he heard the girl's clear and pleasant voice, which gently brushed across his hot heart like a breeze in the night.
"I like you, Captain Lu!"
“…”
Captain Lu, who was so aroused, naturally did not spare Liu Meiyu when he returned home.
The next day, when Liu Meiyun was awakened by the crying of the three brothers next to her, she saw Lu Wanjun already coaxing the children for her.
Fortunately, the weather has not yet completely warmed up, and she is still wrapped in a quilt with clothes underneath, otherwise Liu Meiyu would be so embarrassed.
"The child has been crying for a long time. I guessed that you were still asleep, so you came in by yourself." Lu Wanjun held the baby and coaxed him softly. She understood everything and did not embarrass Liu Meiyun. She quickly changed the subject: "You guys went to the movies yesterday. I heard that there was a fight among the family members?"
"It seems so. I didn't join in the fun, so I don't know who it is." Liu Meiyu yawned, her hair a mess. They were all women, so she didn't care in front of Lu Wanjun and quietly put on her clothes under the quilt.
"You can cause trouble just by watching a movie." Lu Wanjun just sighed casually. Seeing that Liu Meiyun was not so shy anymore, she held Dabao to her and said, "You feed Dabao. I don't know if this guy has grown up and can't be deceived. He doesn't drink formula and only wants breast milk. I fed him for a long time but he just whined to me. I finally coaxed him to drink a sip, but he spit it out!"
"Dabao is a little overbearing." Liu Meiyu undressed and just took Dabao. The guy smacked his lips smartly and refused to let go even after he was full.
As the baby grows older, the difference in taking care of him becomes more noticeable.
Among the three brothers, the eldest is the most domineering and picky. The second oldest is fine for now and follows the eldest. He cries when the eldest cries, too. The youngest one seems to react only when his two older brothers are almost done, and then he whines. Fortunately, he can calm down after being coaxed a few times.
After feeding, the triplets became more energetic. They were no longer like they were in the first few months, eating when they were full and sleeping when they were full.
Now they spend more time staring at each other and babbling.
Liu Meiyu didn't have the time to stay there and accompany the babbling children, so most of the time she left the task of "chatting" to the triplets' uncle!
Liu Bowen believed what her sister said, saying that whoever talked to the triplets the most when they were young would be the one the triplets were closest to when they grew up.
Liu Bowen wanted to be the closest person to the triplets in the family besides his sister, so whenever he had free time, he would always stay by the triplets’ side and chat with them for a long time, regardless of whether they could understand him or not. He would just talk about the wild fruits on the island, his friend Song Jinbao, and his elder and second sisters…
Liu Meiyu was very pleased when she read this, and felt that this blog post would be a great helper in raising her child!
After buying groceries at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, Wu's mother went home and, as usual, she first went to see the triplets. Then, she sat in the kitchen, choosing vegetables while telling Liu Meiyun the gossip she had just heard: "Do you know who was in the fight during the movie screening on the playground last night?"
"Who is it?" Liu Meiyu asked casually while holding Xiaobao on her lap and playing with him.
"The girl who came to borrow your sweater last time had a fight with the sister-in-law of a battalion commander on the island. I heard that they even went to the political commissar. That Zhao Lanlan didn't even go to work at the supply and marketing cooperative today."
Ever since Mother Wu and Wu Guifang started playing together, all the intelligence work in the family has been completely handled by Mother Wu.
In the short time it takes to buy groceries every morning, Wu's mother can find out everything that happens on the island.
In fact, Mother Wu didn't like to chat with others, but she could not resist the enthusiasm of the sisters-in-law on the island, and they always chatted for a long time at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative. Moreover, Mother Wu was the type who preferred to listen rather than express opinions, so those talkative sisters-in-law seemed to like to complain to her.
"And it seems that the leader also talked to Zhao Lanlan. It wasn't about the fight, but about her pestering Deputy Commander Deng. He said it had a bad impact. Deputy Commander Deng didn't dare to go back to the dormitory for half a month to avoid Zhao Lanlan. He lived in the army every day, which affected the training."
Mother Wu has lived for most of her life, but she has never seen such a stubborn girl. Even after the other person has clearly refused, she still insists on asking for help, causing so much trouble for the other person.
"So she is stupid." Liu Meiyu played with Xiaobao's little fist and even felt that this girl was not only stupid, but also lacked brains.
"I heard that this incident was quite serious and almost ruined Zhao Lanlan's job at the supply and marketing cooperative. They said she had a bad attitude and looked down on the wives of soldiers from the rural areas on the island. She had no attitude or awareness of serving the people at all."
Liu Meiyun agrees with this point.
Especially her, every time she went to the supply and marketing cooperative to spend money she would get a couple of slaps in the face, how could she feel happy?
"Did you save your job in the end?" Liu Meiyu was gloating. If she had been replaced, she hoped that the attitude would be a little better.
"Her aunt had to lower her face to speak well of others. She fined Zhao Lanlan one month's salary and asked her to write a 3,000-word self-criticism to save her job. And I heard that if someone reports her for not having a positive attitude at work again, she will really be replaced!"
"Alas~" Liu Meiyu felt a little regretful.
She couldn't wait until Zhao Lanlan went to work, so she could go to the supply and marketing cooperative and take a look to see if that girl was angry but didn't dare to give her the cold shoulder again...
Who asked her to keep her baby by her side all day long? She gets a little bored after playing with the baby for too long.
Fortunately, the school on the island soon opened.
There are not many teachers, but there are a lot of children on the island, of varying ages.
There are people from all stages, from first grade in primary school to those who can go to high school.
The two brothers Liu Bowen and Song Jinbao directly signed up to study in the first grade.
Lu Changzheng led us through the admission procedures, which went very smoothly.
On the first day of school, it was Liu Meiyu who sent people to school.
Other families on the island don't care about their children as much as Liu Meiyu. Some don't even have school bags. They just register their children and decide whether to go or not.
Liu Bowen liked going to school. He held Liu Meiyu's hand, carried a small shoulder bag, put on a red star hat, and walked to school with his chest straight.
"Sister, after school, brother Jinbao and I will go home together, so don't come to pick me up!" Liu Bowen walked to the school gate and saw that other children came by themselves, so he turned around and stopped his sister from following them.
"Okay, come back by yourself, don't hang around on the road for a long time. If it's past mealtime, you'll go to school hungry in the afternoon!"
Liu Meiyu didn't plan to pick it up at first. It's such a short distance. Normally, the island would be packed with people. How could they be lost when going to school?
After sending Liu Bowen off, she stood at the door for a while out of worry. Only after she heard the teacher talking inside and the children talking in their children's voices did she feel at ease and go home.
What Liu Meiyu didn't expect was that a teacher came to Liu Bowen's home just two days after he started school.
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